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By identifying genes that influence behavior we hope to obtain fundamental mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of both health and disease. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENES AND BEHAVIOR Learn more

Two Palmer Lab members get married on the same day but on different continents!

Lab members Camron Bryant and Margaret Distler were both married on July 7, 2012… but not to each other… Camron married Galum and Margaret married Will. Congrats and best wishes to them all. Photos anyone?

More located here: http://matushekphotography.com/margaret-will-married/

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Abraham Palmer July 7, 2012 Palmer Lab News

Katherine (‘Kat’) Johnston joins the Palmer Lab

Kat is the newest addition to the lab; she is a member of the Committee on Neurobiology and will be supported by the Training in Drug Abuse Research Training Grant.

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Abraham Palmer July 6, 2012 Palmer Lab News

Emmanuel Aryee is the newest technician in the Palmer Lab

Emmanuel is the Palmer Lab’s newest technician, we are pleased to have the University of Chicago alum as part of the team.

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Abraham Palmer July 5, 2012 Palmer Lab News

Clarissa Parker receives a prestigious ACNP Travel Award

Congratulations to Clarissa Parker who will be presenting at ACNP this December in Hollywood, Florida.  All of her travel expenses will be paid by the travel award.

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Abraham Palmer July 3, 2012 Funding & Grants

Dr. Abraham Palmer presents a talk at the CTC meeting in Paris, France

Abraham made a quick trip to Paris where he gave a talk, ate some food and then flew home. It was a very nice and highly informative meeting put on by Xavier Montagutelli of the Institut Pasteur.

CTC, Paris – June 12-15, 2012
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Abraham Palmer June 18, 2012 Talks & Conferences

Video interview with Dr. Abraham Palmer and Margaret Distler about their research

Lacy Schley, who is a journalism student at Northwestern Unniversity prepared a short video interview with Dr. Abraham Palmer and Margaret Distler about their recent publication.

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Abraham Palmer June 12, 2012 Interviews

Margaret Distler is hooded and returns to medical school

Abraham Palmer participated in the graduation ceremony, while the rest of the lab and her family joined us for lunch afterwards.

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Abraham Palmer June 8, 2012 Palmer Lab News

Numerous press releases and blog posts accompany publication of JCI article about Glo1

Here is are some of the articles about Margaret’s paper:

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Abraham Palmer May 21, 2012 Publications

Palmer lab has strong showing at IBANGS in Boulder, Colorado

The Palmer lab was well represented at this meeting by Camron Bryant, Clarissa Parker, Amy Hart and Natalia Gonzales, all of whom won travel awards. Clarissa organized a symposium and gave a talk.

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Abraham Palmer May 19, 2012 Talks & Conferences

Camron Bryant’s paper accepted for publication in Genes, Brain & Behavior

The article “”Congenic dissection of a major QTL for methamphetamine sensitivity implicates epistasis” has been accepted for publication in Genes, Brain & Behavior. Here is a link to the article. Co-authors include undergraduates Michael Guido and Loren Cole.

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Abraham Palmer April 6, 2012 Publications
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Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

Director,
NIDA Center of Excellence for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats ________________________

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PhD, Biomedical Sciences

University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

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